Leisure Access Program for Low Income Residents

If you are in financial need, you might qualify for Surrey's Leisure Access Program. With the Leisure Access Program, you can join Surrey recreation activities for a very low cost or for free.

Language translation services are available for free if you have any questions about the Leisure Access Program and would like answers in another language. Interpretation services are also available at all Surrey recreation facilities.

Qualifying for the Leisure Access Program (LAP)

You may qualify for the program if:

You are a Surrey resident (OR) a refugee with Government-sponsored status or blended status and your settlement services agency is approved to refer you.

You are not a privately sponsored refugee

Your family’s combined net income from line 236 of your Notice of Assessment(s) is less than the number allowed for your family size – see the Family Size & Income Table below to learn your net income maximum number.

Your family’s combined amount from your T1 line 121 is $500 or less

Your family’s combined amount from your T1 line 208 is $2000 or less

Your family’s combined amount from your T1 line 254 is $2000 or less

You have all required documents.

Family Size & Income Table

AFamily is 1 or 2 adult(s), legally married or common-law partner, and their legal dependents. Find your net income on your Notice of Assessment(s), line 236.

Family Size

Family Net Income Maximum for LAP

Family Size & Income Table

1

$20,160

2

$24,536

3

$30,553

4

$38,117

5

$43,404

6

$48,136

7

$52,869

7+

$51,855 + $7,233 for each person over 7 years old

How to Apply for the Leisure Access Program (LAP)

Step 1: Get Copies of all of Your Required Documents

Choose how you are applying to see what you must bring in to apply for LAP:

What you must do if you are a refugee

There are translation services available for you. If you are a refugee, ask your settlement service agency to fill out the Leisure Access Program Refugee Referral Application with you. They will have the forms.

Approved settlement services agencies who can refer a refugee are:

DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society

Immigrant Services Society (ISS) of BC

MOSAIC BC

Options Community Services Society

Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)

Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS)

S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

What you must bring in if you are applying on behalf of a Foster Care child

What you must bring in if you are applying on behalf of a Foster Care child

If you are applying on behalf of a Foster Care child, you must bring in 3 things to apply for the Leisure Access Program. Make sure you have the right information before you come in to apply.

A Ministry of Child and Family Development (MCFD) Referral Letter stating the child is in Foster Care OR a Youth Agreement.